The Beginning At the End by Mike Chen

A post-apocalyptic look at love and loss. A young pop singer whose father controls her fame and future, a young woman who plans happy events but really isn't happy and a man who must now be a single parent to his spunky young daughter but can't get over the loss of his wife. Grief and opportunity for a fresh start after a global flu virus wipes out much of the population is the central theme of this story. This is a great choice for readers who usually don't get into dystopic fantasy because the problems of these characters work in today's pre-apocalyptic world.